Hey. My girlfriends computer crashes.
I just reformatted it and installed Windows XP, and it still crashes. It happens when the computer is inactive for a period of time (three to four hours it seems)...not sure if it is just when the computer is inactive though, as my girlfriend was using it for an extended period of time today and it crashed as well.
By crash I mean the computer halts completely - no user input taken, no blue screen, just a screen showing the last thing done on the computer.
If I turn the computer off after one of these crashes, and haven't waited a few seconds before turning it on it doesn't boot up, just reaches a black screen where it stays to be turned off and back on once again.
Tried quite a few things, but I don't even know where to start looking. I figured it might of been a BIOS setting originally, but I can't seem to find one that would make a difference.
So, what kind of things do you look at it on a fresh format/install if it is crashing? Is this a overheating issue?
I just reformatted it and installed Windows XP, and it still crashes. It happens when the computer is inactive for a period of time (three to four hours it seems)...not sure if it is just when the computer is inactive though, as my girlfriend was using it for an extended period of time today and it crashed as well.
By crash I mean the computer halts completely - no user input taken, no blue screen, just a screen showing the last thing done on the computer.
If I turn the computer off after one of these crashes, and haven't waited a few seconds before turning it on it doesn't boot up, just reaches a black screen where it stays to be turned off and back on once again.
Tried quite a few things, but I don't even know where to start looking. I figured it might of been a BIOS setting originally, but I can't seem to find one that would make a difference.
So, what kind of things do you look at it on a fresh format/install if it is crashing? Is this a overheating issue?